ˈrationalized, ppl. a.
[f. rationalize v. + -ed1.]
a. That has been rendered rational.
| 1855 Sir G. C. Lewis Credib. Rom. Hist. xi. I. 426 According to another, and probably a rationalized, version. 1896 Spectator 11 Apr. 519 Swift's grim conceptions of animalized man and rationalized animals. |
b. spec. in Physics, applied to units, equations, and definitions in electromagnetism that are formulated so that the factor 4π appears only when a system with spherical symmetry is involved. Cf. rational a. 5 c.
| 1933 [see Giorgi]. 1951 Electr. Engin. LXX. 332/1 The MKS Rationalized system seems now to be replacing the others rapidly and may well come to be the accepted system for all theoretical work in electricity. 1969 L. Young Systems of Units Electr. & Magn. vi. 78 The rationalized form of the CGS practical system is theoretically possible but is never used. 1973 J. Yarwood Electricity & Magnetism xvi. 608 The rationalised mksA units in electricity form a part of the wider SI system of units. |